Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-02-02
SHERiHFS PROCLAMATION
FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MEDICINE
LODGE TOWNSHIP, BARBER COUNTY.
KANSAS

O'EHff ~ HOOETMHftOHs
FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MEDICINE
LODGE TOWNSHIP, BARBER COUNTY.
KANSAS
To he Voters Of Medicine Lodge 1otcn-
ship:
WHEREAS. on the 18th day of January. A.
w d.. ISL, the Board OF Count Commits
slOners OF Dnrber county, state of Kansas. he
ing convened in Special Session, in the office
OF the county clerk of Eai1 county. nj the city
OF medicine Lodge, the county-seat of said
county pursuant TO the statutes I'm such case
made and provided, did make and enter ON
record tae following order. to-wit:
whereas. a petition, sigue by l.. NJ. Axline
and two hundred and thirty-three OF ers be-
ing moro than twO-ffihs of the resident tax
payers of Medicine Lodge township, Barber
county, state OF Kansas. was, on this, 10Th day
OF January, A. d., 1897, presented To the Board
OF County Commissioners of said county, there
being present w: w. Cook. Chairman Of said
Board, and John McGrath and J. ID. Fleming
members thereof, and X j. Tahaferro, county
clerk OF said county. and ex-oiicio Clerk of
said Board which said petition, with the sigma
lures thereto omitted. is in the words and ig-
ures following, tO-wit:
RAILROAD BOND PETITION.
To The Honorable Board of COUNTY, Com
nlisSioRerS Of The County of Barber, in
The State Of Kansas:
The undersigned, being more than two-fifths
OF the resident taxpayers of Medicine Lodge
township. OF the county of Burbcr, in the state
of Kansas, respectfully pray your honorable
body TO submit To the qualified electors of said
township proposition to subscribe Thirty
InOusand DOLLARS TO the capital stock of the
Kansas and Panhandle Railroad Company, a
corporation created and existing u.lder and by
virtueof the laws of the state of Kansas, which
proposes to construct n line of railroad into
and through said township. And that in pay
ment for said subscription OF satd stock, bonds
of said township shall beissued in sums of One
Thousand Dollars each, payable i'm Thirty
Years from date of issue, with interest payable
semi-annually, at the rate of six per cent. per
annum, on the first day Of January and the
first day OF July of each and every year, until
said principal shall become due; and said bonds
shall have attached thereto, semiannual in
terest coupons; and the SAL bonds (both prin-
ctpal and INTEREST," shall be payable at the fiscal
agency OF the state of Kansas. in the city of
New York, in the state of New York.
And the conditions on which said subScrip-
ton TO the capital stock shall be made. are,
that the said railroad company shall construct
and operate and maintain said railroad of q
standard gauge, from some point ON the north
or east side of said township. and running
thence through said t.wnship, and have the
same In operation on or before the 3lst day of
December, A. D., 1887; and erect and maintain
depot and station in said township, as fol
lows, to,wit: Within three-folrths (lsl of
mile OF the crossing of Man street and Kansas
avenue. in the city of Medicine Lodge.
And we further pray that you order Especial
election, TO be held in said township. in pur-
suance of chapter l07 of the laws OF 1876, and
the acts of the legislature of the state of Fan
sas, smcndatory thereof, to vote upon the
question OF subscfi Din for said stock rs afore-
said And the form of the ballots to be used
at such election, and for such proposition. he:
For Subscription to Stock of the Kansas
and Panhandle Railroad Company"
And those against such proposition to be:
Against Suisse iption to Stock of the Kan
sas and Panhandle Railroad Company.
And whereas said Board of County COmrnis-
siOners have examined said petition, and IL
having been shown to the satisfaction of said
Board that said petition has been signed by
more than twO-lfths of the resident tax-pay-
crs in said township, and is ia tho for N pre-
scribed 10y law, and is in all respects regular
md local, and said Board so fnds and dc
| claros.
Now, therefore pursuant 20 the prayer OF
said petition, and the statutes in such case
made and provided, il is hereby ordered by the
Board OF County Commissioners, of said coun-
ty, That special election be held at the us
ual voting place in said Township on
MONDAY, THE @lsT DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1887,
at which said election the proposition set forth
in the hereinbefore recited petition-which pc
tittOn, with the signatures thereto omitted. is
hereby made a part of this order-shall lie sub
mittcd TO the legally qualified voters OF said
/ township, for their decision by ballot.
And IL is further ordered by said Board of
! County Commissioners that the sheriff OF said
/ county, make due proclamation to the voters
/ Of said township, of the holding of said cleo
/ ton at the time and place aforesaid, by pub
] lshng the same for 20 days or more next pre-
/ ceding the day OF holding said election, in
| some newspaper, publishedin said county, and
/ having n general circulation in said township.
| and that IN said proclamation, said sheriff set
| forth the above and foregoing order, and re-
I
In witness whereof, VIC, the undersigned
| chairman and members of the Board of Coun-
| ty Commissioners, of the County of Barber,
| state OF Kansas, have hereunto, set our hands
/ as chairman and members aforesaid. at the
county seat of said county, this 10Th day of
January, a. ID: lss7.
| JOHN MCGRATH, Commissioner,
j. ID. FLEMING, Commissioner.
As attest, my signature and seal of said Bar
Der County, hereto affixed this 18th day of jan
uary, A. ID. 1887.
[sEALl. ROBERT ]. TALIAFERRo,
County Clerk of Barber County State of Kan
sas.
Foy therefore, I, Charles d. Nelson, sheriff
of Barber comfy, Kansas, under and by vir-
tue of the foregoing order OF the Board Of
County Commissioners, of said county, and
the authority in me vested 10y law such
Sheriff, do, hereby, proclaim and make known
that there viii be held, a special election OF
the qualified voters of Medicine Lodge town
ship, in said county, at the usual vot
ing place i'm said township on
MONDAY, THE 21sT DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1887
upon tho proposition as set forth, in the sale
order OF said Board of County Commissioners
of said Barber county, Kansas, and in the
manner ana form as therein set forth, and tina
said election will be held. the returns made
and the result ascertained in the same manner
as is provided by law for general elections.
Done vt my Office, in the City of Medicine
Lodge, in said county of Barber, this 18th, daJ
of January, A. ID. 1887.
CHARLES d. NELSON,
Shorin Of Barber County,
By WA. LINDSEY,
Under Sheriff.